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B. F. BAlLEY.

EGG BOX.

APPLICATION man ms. 24. 1911.

11,324,760. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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EGG BOX.

APPLICATION nuzo FEB. 2'4. 1911.

1,324,760. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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BENJAMIN F.. BAILEY, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AssIeNon, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'ro oHAs. WEINHAGEN & COMPANY, or $1. PAUL, MINNE- SOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA. A

EGG-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Dec. 9,1919.

Application filed February 24, 1917. Serial No. 150,671.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State ,Of Minnesota,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg- Boxes, of which the following is a specification. The object of my invention is to provide an egg box in which a number of eggs "can be securely packed .Without danger of break- "age and without taking-up unnecessary room or space in the case in which the eggs are packed.*;'.-.:-=- 1 'ir'm A further object is-to provide a box'in which the eggs 'will' be' sof'hu'ng in the? 'ockets that transmlsslon'of pressurefrom't e'e gs In one rowto anotherfdlrectly above or etion' vvill' appear from the following detailed description;

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombin'ation's, allas particularly pointed outin'the claims. I In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, 1

Figure 1 is a planview ofthe box un- Fig. 2 is a top'view'of the box, artially folded and partially filled with eggs.

Fig. Sis a vertical sectional view through a case, showing the manner of arran ing the eggs in the box and the relative posltion of the eggs 1n onerow 'cent'rows. Y

with respect to the adja- Fig.4 is a detail sectional view through a portion of the box, showing'the position of the eggs therein.

Fig; 5 is a perspectiveview of an egg case with the boxes'of eggs packed therein.

4 "Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a'filled box.

In the drawing, Fig. 1, a blank is shown, panel 2, side panels 3 formed by scoring the blank along parallel lines 5 and 6, and 7 and 8 areflaps forming the top of the box when closed, the former having slits 9 therein to receive a tongue 10 formed on the edge'of the flap 8. Upon the side walls 3 pockets for the eggs are mounted. Each pocket consists of a flexible band 11 bent into the form of a loop and having its ends lapped by one another and attached to the wall of the box at 12. The bands forming the egg pockets-"are' creased for folding at two opposite points 13, so that when not in use the pockets may be closed and lie flat against one another and against those portions of the blank forming the Walls of the pockets when the blank is folded. The flaps at the ends of the blank will aso lie 'flat, so that the device can' 'be stored conveniently or packed for shipment.

The pocketsare open at the top 'andbottorn and when eggs are inserted therein the walls are"spread apart andjbe'ing bent or folded at. two points only these walls, 5 when separated,"will bear on the shells 'oftlie' eggs ith a slight pressure sufiicient i i lplllace. 1 a m. v

f eggs as'shown particularly injFig'fet are supported-by the middle portion of the pocket walls, the egg s ina. sense being'swiveled and free to tilt' :1n the pocket, so that in case the egg projects above the upper edge of its pocket when inserted therein, pressure on the'top of the'egg instead of crushing the shell, will tilt it and swing its-projecting end down within-the pocket, while" the lower end'will' tilt outwardly, toward the, pocket wall. In other words, the egg is not'rigidly held in the pocket and incapable of movement under pressure or incase the, egg happens't'o be a little'longer than the 'p'ocket,-

but is so supported that itmay accommodate itself automatically to different conditions and thereby prevent the large'amount of breakage usually incidental to thwayf the egg is supported in its pocket.- Brea kag'e of the'eggs is also prevented by having the -lowe'r ends at one side of the center-"of the bottom of the pocket, thereby throwing the weight ofthefegg nearer'to one side, while that portion of'the bottom between the egg and v the opposite wall being flexible and yielding under pressure, thereby reduces the dang'erof crushing the egg; I I

Asshown clearly. in Figs. .2' and3,the

pockets are tilted or' mounted'on th'e wallsof the'box at an inclination to the vertical So that whenthe eggs are placed therein the ends of one row will be in staggered relation to the ends of the eggs of the adjacent rows,

above and below, and hence the boxes, when placed in the case, will not occupy as much room vertically as they would if thejpockets were arranged upright, so that the eggs would be directly one over the other. The easel4l'in'whi'cii the boxes are packed my blank folded to form a bottom, side walls and a cover, a series of egg cells obliquely mounted on the Vertical side Walls of said container, each cell being composed of flexi- 5 ble material having two oppositely arranged score lines in its Walls and composed of flexible, resilient material for gripping the eggs when the cells are opened along said score lines and the eggs inserted therein, the ob 10 lique arrangement of the eggs in said cells preventing transmission of direct pressure from the eggs of one container to those of the adjacent containers and said eggs and cells being free to oscillate on the walls of said containers when subjected to shock or 15 ]ar. y

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of February, 1917.

BENJAMIN F. BAILEY. 

